Last Friday I received a visit from the United States Ambassador, Stephen MacFarland and Stephanie Pollard, who works in the embassy handling visa applications. Both are new to Guatemala; the Ambassador arrived about a year ago, and Stephanie only three months ago. Ambassador MacFarland has an interest in the lifestyle and work of Peace Corps Volunteers in Guatemala, he also happens to have an interest in the people, language and history of the area that I live. As such, he and Stephanie took a day trip from the capital for a visit.
We started in the next town over, Nahualá, where Tim is a volunteer in the Youth Development program. We stopped in the radio station and schools where Tim works and took a small tour of the town.
Afterwards we arrived in Chirijox. Here we hung out with my family for a while eating peanut butter cookies I had made and visiting the garden of one of the women from my group.
Stephanie Pollard, Ambassador MacFarland, myself and Tim Slattery.
Benancio, Hendrick, Ela with Elkin (Elkin with peanut butter cookie), Ambassador MacFarland, Doña Ana, myself and Isabel.
It was a fun visit and Ambassador MacFarland is a very down-to-earth and generous man. Both he and Stephanie brought us treats; Ambassador MacFarland brought us fresh-baked (although not by him) brownies and Stephanie brought us a bag full of Snickers, Oreos, peanut butter, Ritz crackers, potato chips and other goodies.
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